NYAS is hosting an aging lecture by gerontologist Aubrey de Grey this September. With healthcare being the topic of choice, life expectancy takes on an entirely different, costly meaning. Lets hope these later years are disease and pain free: (continue reading…)

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Famed scientific thinker, evolutionary biologist and ardent atheist Richard Dawkins will be gracing the LEED certified halls of the New York Academy of Sciences this October. Tickets are available. Networking opportunities after the lecture are being advertised. The author of the controversial book The Selfish Gene will map out the rock solid case that science has built to prove that the current bio reality we see is a result of evolution by means of natural selection pressures, an argument made by Darwin 150 years ago. Hopefully someone can ask him how Bill Maher, as science illiterate as a celebrity can get, has been recently chosen as this year’s Richard Dawkins Award. The award usually goes “to honoring an outstanding atheist whose work has done most to raise public awareness of atheism during that year”. (continue reading…)

Just got a tweet of the new beta website of New York Academy of Sciences and Science and the City. It looks great. They made an attempt to show two of the better aspects of NYAS: its ever-increasing library of worthwhile content, and its event listings. The site is such an improvement, i felt compelled to complete their survey.

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This is a picture i found of the LEED certified World Trade Center 7 that  NY Academy of Science has its offices.

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This is a super day of events. Look at this list of names! dean kamen, eo wilson, ira flatow…i should see how much this may cost! Holler if you are interested in attending. This is primarily the reason why i started writing this blog, for events as far reaching as this.  (continue reading…)